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November 14
Events
*1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire
*1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
*1889 - Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.
*1896 - The Glasgow Subway, the third-oldest underground metro system in the world, opened.
*1910 - Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
*1918 - Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
*1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
*1922 - The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
*1923 - Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.
*1940 - World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
*1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS ''Ark Royal'' sinks due to torpedo damage from ''U-81'' sustained on November 13.
*1952 - The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
*1957 - The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
*1965 - Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins - the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
*1967 - The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
*1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
*1970 - Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
*1970 - Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
*1971 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
* 1971 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 reaches Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.
*1973 - In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
*1975 - Spain abandons Western Sahara.
*1979 - Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
*1982 - Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
*1984 - Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
*1990 - After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
*1991 - American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
* 1991 - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
* 1991 - In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.
*1995 - A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
*2001 - War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
*2002 - Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
* 2002 - The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
*2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
*2007 - The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.
Births
*1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
*1601 - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
*1650 - King William III of England (d. 1702)
*1719 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1787)
*1740 - Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)
*1746 - Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal (d. 1822)
*1765 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
*1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
*1776 - Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
*1777 - Nathaniel Claiborne, U.S. politician (d. 1859)
*1778 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
*1779 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
*1797 - Charles Lyell, British geologist (d. 1875)
*1803 - Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
*1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
*1812 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
* 1812 - Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
*1828 - James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
*1838 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (d. 1881)
*1840 - Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
*1863 - Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (d. 1944)
*1875 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
* 1875 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (d. 1944)
*1878 - Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
* 1878 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
*1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
*1891 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
*1895 - Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
* 1895 - Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
*1896 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
*1898 - Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
*1900 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
*1904 - Dick Powell, American actor (d. 1963)
* 1904 - Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995)
*1905 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
*1906 - Louise Brooks, American dancer, actress, and movie historian (d. 1985)
*1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (d. 2002)
* 1907 - Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader (d. 1995)
* 1907 - William Steig, American children's book author (d. 2003)
*1908 - Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (d. 1957)
*1910 - Eric Malpass, English novelist (d. 1996)
*1912 - Barbara Hutton, American socialite (d. 1979)
* 1912 - T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003)
*1915 - Martha Tilton, American singer (d. 2006)
*1916 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (d. 1994)
* 1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer
*1919 - Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
* 1919 - Lisa Otto, German soprano
* 1919 - Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973)
*1921 - Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997)
*1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General
*1924 - Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982)
*1927 - Bart Cummings, Australian race horse trainer
* 1927 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
* 1927 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997)
*1929 - Shirley Crabtree, aka Big Daddy, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
* 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player
*1930 - Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
* 1930 - Edward White, American astronaut (d. 1967)
* 1930 - Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
* 1930 - Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress
*1933 - Fred Haise, American astronaut
*1934 - Catherine McGuinness, Irish Supreme Court Justice
* 1934 - Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football player
*1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
*1936 - Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1990)
* 1936 - Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006)
* 1936 - Carey Bell, American blues musician (d. 2007)
*1937 - Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player
*1939 - Wendy Carlos, American composer
*1943 - Peter Norton, American software engineer
*1945 - Paul Hirsch, American film editor
* 1945 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
*1947 - Bharathan, Malayalam film director (d. 1998)
* 1947 - P. J. O'Rourke, American writer
*1948 - Charles, Prince of Wales
*1949 - James Young, American guitarist (Styx)
* 1949 - Gary Grubbs, American actor
*1951 - Frankie Banali, American rock drummer
* 1951 - Alec John Such, American musician (Bon Jovi)
* 1951 - Stephen Bishop, American musician
* 1951 - Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
*1953 - Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
* 1953 - Phil Baron, American voice actor
*1954 - Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
* 1954 - Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State
* 1954 - Yanni, Greek musician & composer
*1955 - Jack Sikma, American basketball player
*1957 - Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
*1959 - Paul McGann, British actor
*1960 - Tom Judson, American actor and composer
*1961 - Antonio Flores, Spanish singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
* 1961 - Elizabeth Keifer, American actress
* 1961 - Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
* 1961 - D. B. Sweeney, American actor
*1962 - Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
* 1962 - Laura San Giacomo, American actress
*1964 - Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
* 1964 - Patrick Warburton, American actor
* 1964 - Rev Run, American rapper
*1966 - Curt Schilling, American baseball player
* 1966 - Petra Roßner, German cyclist
*1967 - Letitia Dean, British actress
* 1967 - Nina Gordon, American singer
*1968 - Janine Lindemulder, American porn actress
* 1968 - Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
*1969 - Butch Walker, recording artist
* 1970 - Brendan Benson, American musician (The Raconteurs)
*1970 - David Wesley, American basketball player
*1971 - Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
* 1971 - Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
*1972 - Aaron Taylor, American football player
* 1972 - Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
* 1972 - Josh Duhamel, American actor
* 1972 - Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
* 1972 - Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
*1973 - Dana Snyder, American voice actor
* 1973 - Lawyer Milloy, American football player
* 1973 - Moka Only, Canadian musician
*1974 - David Moscow, American actor
* 1974 - Matt Cedeño, Cuban-American actor
*1975 - Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
* 1975 - Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
* 1975 - Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian/American wine expert
*1977 - Obie Trice, American rapper
*1978 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
* 1978 - Michala Banas, New Zealand actress
* 1978 - Xavier Nady, American baseball player
*1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
* 1979 - Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
* 1979 - Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian model and actress
*1980 - Brock Pierce, American actor
*1981 - Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
*1982 - Kyle Orton, American football player
*1983 - Lil Boosie, American rapper
*1984 - Courtney Johns, Australian rules footballer
*1984 - Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
* 1984 - Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
*1985 - Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
*1989 - Jake Livermore, English footballer
*1990 - Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
Deaths
*565 - Justinian the Great, Byzantine Emperor (b. 483)
*1226 - Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
*1263 - Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
*1359 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296)
*1391 - Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
*1522 - Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France (b. 1461)
*1556 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
*1633 - William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
*1687 - Nell Gwynne, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
*1691 - Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
*1716 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1646)
*1734 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649)
*1746 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
*1817 - Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
*1825 - Jean Paul, German writer (b. 1763)
*1829 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
*1831 - Georg Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770)
* 1831 - Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-born French composer, music publisher and piano manufacturer (b. 1757)
*1832 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American statesman (b. 1737)
*1844 - John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780)
*1866 - King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802)
*1872 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
*1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
*1908 - The Guangxu Emperor of China, (b. 1871)
*1914 - Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
*1915 - Booker T. Washington, American educator, lecturer, and African-American activist (b. 1856)
*1916 - Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
* 1916 - Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
*1937 - Jack O'Connor, American baseball player (b. 1869)
*1944 - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)
*1946 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
*1947 - Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
*1971 - William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
*1972 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900)
*1974 - Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (b. 1904)
*1977 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (b. 1896)
*1981 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
*1984 - Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
*1991 - Tony Richardson, English film director (b. 1928)
*1992 - Ernst Happel, Austrian football coach (b. 1925)
*1994 - Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
*1996 - John A. Cade, American politician (b. 1929)
*1997 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (b. 1916)
* 1997 - Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (b. 1905)
*2000 - Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
*2001 - Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
* 2001 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
*2002 - Eddie Bracken, American film actor (b. 1915)
*2003 - Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
*2004 - Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
Holidays and observances
*Roman festivals - ''Equorum Probatio'' (The official cavalry parade of the equites)
*India - Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru: Children's Day
*National Day of Burma/Myanmar
*United States - [http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/ National Children's Book Week] begins
*Colombia - "Day of the Colombian Woman"
*Christian feast days
**St. Josaphat Kuncevyc on the General Roman Calendar as in 1954
**Barlaam of Kiev
**Serapion of Algiers
**Saint Philip, celebrated in Eastern Orthodox Church
*World Diabetes Day
Source: Wikipedia